The unions UGT FICA Catalunya and CCOO del Hàbitat de Catalunya, together with the Ciment Català employers' association, within the framework of the Cement and Environment Labor Foundation (CEMA), demand that the Generalitat de Catalunya, without delay, resolve the processing in progress so that the activity of the LafargeHolcim factory in Montcada i Reixac obtains [...]
The Catalan cement market has closed 2021 with a growth of 8.2% and a total of 2.16 million tons. The recovery, however, does not hide the fact that pre-pandemic levels have not yet been consolidated (2.23 million tons in 2019), and places per capita consumption in Catalonia (280 kg per inhabitant) 26% below the average [...]
A representation of Ciment Català, headed by President Salvador Fernández Capo, held a working session on environmental policies with a delegation from the Generalitat on January 27 at the Santa Margarida y els Monjos cement factory. Among the participants from the Administration were Marc Sanglas, general director of Environmental Quality and Climate Change (DGQAiCC) and [...]
The dossier on Sustainability in the cement sector, published in Corresponsables, collects the good practices of the industry in this area. The nine groups that operate in Spain have participated in the study, four of which are the companies associated with Ciment Català (Cemex, LafargeHolcim, Portland Valderrivas and Cementos Molins). The construction industry is a [...]
Although in November it has only increased by 1.8%, the consumption of cement in Catalonia accumulates a growth of 9.6% during the first 11 months of 2021, to exceed 2 million tons. In year-on-year terms (December 2020 to November 2021 period) the increase is practically identical (9.5%) and places consumption for the period at 2.18 [...]
In its line of information transparency and activity in the defence and representation of the sectorial interests of the associated companies, Ciment Català has continued its institutional action during the last month of November with a round of interviews with representatives of the public administrations. On this occasion, the representatives of the Catalan employers' association [...]
After a few months of growth that had brought it back to the level before the pandemic, cement consumption in Catalonia suffered a slight decline this past October (-1.3%, for a total of 188 thousand tons) compared to the previous year. With this data, the rate for the moving year (last 12 months) stands at [...]
The Secretary of Territory and Mobility of the Catalan government, Isidre Gavín, accompanied by the general director of Ports, Pere Vila, has held an informative and working session with a representation of the companies grouped in Ciment Català during a visit to the facilities of the Alcanar cement factory. The sectoral representatives explained to the [...]
In order to dimension and disseminate the contribution of cement factories to circular economy processes through industrial symbiosis, the CEMA Foundation has published the study prepared in collaboration with the Institut Cerdà Cerdà La aportación del sector cementero a la simbiosis industrial. To reinforce the dissemination and knowledge of this practice, a video on industrial [...]
The high impact of the strong increase in electricity prices in industrial sectors has led Televisión Española (TVE) to record and broadcast a report on the costs and effects that this situation has had on Catalan cement factories. The information, issued for the first time in the TVE News of Friday, October 29, has revealed [...]